Aging population in europe

In a planned economic community that will link 10 nations across South-East Asia and account for the seventh-largest economy in the world, regional leaders told participants at the 24th World Economic Forum on East Asia that the ASEAN economic community (AEC) will rival the European Union (EU) in the years to come.
"To the extent that ASEAN grows at 5% per annum and Europe by less than 2%, of course we will catch up with Europe; one day we will be there," said Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia. "What we need to do in ASEAN is to grow much faster so we get there much faster, we overtake faster, and probably that will happen in the next 10-15 years."
He said ASEAN’s largely youthful population, in comparison to an ageing population in Europe, gave the planned AEC a significant edge. The unified economic bloc will form a single market and production base, and facilitate the free flow of goods and services around one of the world’s … [Read more...] about ASEAN economic community poised to surpass EU in next decade

That is only somewhat higher than the proportion today, but ageing populations and increasing longevity across Europe mean that the number of older people -- with and without disability -- is set to increase sharply, researchers reported in the medical journal BMJ Open.The findings are bad news for healthcare system budgets, as well as future households tending to elderly family members unable to perform simply tasks such as dressing or cooking food, the authors warned."We expect more people aged at least 65 years with severe, long-term limitations within the upcoming 30 years," said senior author Daniela Weber, a researcher at the Wittgenstein Centre of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria."This is likely to have considerable implications for providing supported care, and the training of healthcare professionals."Previous estimates, based in part on self-reporting, have underestimated the proportion of the elderly who will be living with … [Read more...] about A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047: study

HCM CITY (VNS) — Viet Nam needs realistic and appropriate policies and strategies to cope with its ageing population in future, a seminar in HCM City has heard.
Ritsu Nacken, Acting Representative of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) in Viet Nam, said last Friday, "Viet Nam has officially entered the ageing phase since 2011, and is among the most rapidly ageing countries in the world."
Its pace of ageing is much faster than the developed countries in Europe. Nacken said, for instance, France took more than 100 years to change from an ageing to aged society, but Viet Nam would make that transition in 20 years.
Together with a rapid decrease in births, increasing life expectancy has led to a quickly ageing population.
Nguyen Ngoc Quynh of UNFPA said the country is in its golden demographic stage, with two-thirds of its population in working age. But, on the other hand, "the platinum-hair population" (over 60) is expected to increase from 10 per cent in 2011 to 20 per … [Read more...] about Viet Nam ageing rapidly, needs appropriate strategies: UNFPA

Demographic changes in Asia and the Pacific region are occurring at unforeseen rates. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates - changes that are expected to take a century in Europe and North America - could occur here in just 30 years. Young workers of Power Transmission Company No 2 repair an electricity line in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. If countries do not start planning for the demographic change, they will miss out on opportunities to boost growth and investment in the future, said Bakhodir Burkhanov, United Nations Development Programme Deputy Country Director in Vietnam, at the launch of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Development Report on April 27. The report, entitled “Shaping the future: How changing demographics can power human development”, found that Asia-Pacific countries now have more working-aged people and fewer dependents than at any other point in history, providing a springboard for growth. … [Read more...] about Asian nations see boom in working age population

Vietnam Health Minister celebrated by Oxford University
The honour was presented at a ceremony at the university on October 17.
Addressing the event, Oxford University's Vice Chancellor Prof. Andrew Hamilton acknowledged contributions by Minister Tien, in her capacity as Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, to the cooperation in scientific research between the two countries over the past years.
In her present position, the minister has also enhanced international cooperation and scientific research with Oxford University, as well as other education institutes and health centres across the world, he said.
The professor also highlighted Tien's contributions in her capacity as a guest lecturer at the university's Nuffield Department of Medicine over three years, beginning last July.
The event spotlights the friendship between Vietnam and the UK over the past 40 years since they launched diplomatic ties in 1973, he said.
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HCM CITY (VNS)— Policy-makers around the world need to pay more attention to the medical problems associated with musculoskeletal conditions so that preventable disabilities and unnecessary suffering can be avoided, a prominent health official has said.
Anthony Woolf, the chair of the international coordinating council of the global Bone and Joint Decade (2010-2020) network, said musculoskeletal conditions had the worst impact on quality of life of many chronic diseases.
Woolf spoke at the World Network Conference of the Bone and Joint Decade, which in HCM City yesterday.
Joint diseases, spinal disorders, back and regional pain problems as well as osteoporosis and fragility fractures affect hundreds of millions of people around the world, causing long-term pain and physical disabilities.
Woolf noted these conditions were the most common cause of people losing economic independence, which in turn creates a major burden on healthcare.
With changing … [Read more...] about Musculo-skeletal health in focus

(VNS) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Viet Nam, Algerian Ambassador Cherif Chikhi tells of the strong bondAlgeria and Viet Nam will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on October 28, 2012. During this half-century, the bilateral relations and friendship that were first forged during the harsh periods of the independence wars have grown. Our two countries regained their sovereignty after much struggle and a heavy cost. This common destiny soon boosted closer ties between Algerian and Vietnamese people.
Grass is always greener: The Jardin d'Essai, one of the most ancient gardens in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is considered to be one of the most important experimental botanic gardens in the world due to the diversity of its plants. —Photos courtesy Algerian Embassy
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Denmark officially launched the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between generations at a conference here Wednesday.
The two-day meeting would discuss the social and economic challenges and opportunities facing ageing populations in Europe, focusing on persons over the age of 60 years.
Denmark , which currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, takes the issue "very seriously," as around 17 percent of its population is over the age of 65 years.
"Life does not end at 60, and society acknowledges that senior citizens have much to offer," the Danish EU presidency said in a statement.
"This is what active ageing is all about: getting more out of life and staying in good health. This is important both in the labor market, at home and in society," it added.
As Europeans are living more healthily and longer, and as these older citizens possess experience and skills, which have economic value, Europe is keen to benefit from its changing … [Read more...] about Denmark launches European Year for Active Ageing

One in three cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge.
The main risk factors for the disease are a lack of exercise, smoking, depression and poor education, it says.
Previous research from 2011 put the estimate at one in two cases, but this new study takes into account overlapping risk factors.
Alzheimer's Research UK said age was still the biggest risk factor.
Writing in The Lancet Neurology, the Cambridge team analysed population-based data to work out the main seven risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
These are:
Diabetes
Mid-life hypertension
Mid-life obesity
Physical inactivity
Depression
Smoking
Low educational attainment
They worked out that a third of Alzheimer's cases could be linked to lifestyle factors that could be modified, such as lack of exercise and smoking.
The researchers then looked at how reducing these factors could affect the number of future Alzheimer's cases.
They found … [Read more...] about One in three Alzheimer’s cases preventable, says research

HCM City’s bad debts down to 3.8 percent Ho Chi Minh City’s bad debts had decreased to 3.8 percent of total credit outstanding balance by the end of August, said Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s municipal branch To Duy Lam during a working session with the city’s National Assembly deputies on October 17. Local banks settled more than 35 trillion VND (1.56 billion USD) in bad debts, he revealed, adding that in the past nine months, total credit outstanding balance in the city rose over 13 percent, while total lending increased nearly 11 percent year on year. At the session, local banks highly valued the role of the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) in tacking bad debts as well as proposed policies and mechanisms in dealing with the debts. Do Minh Toan, General Director of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) attributed difficulties in the work to shortcomings in the procedure of handling bad debts, especially a lack of effective measures to deal … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/10